A light earthquake with magnitude 4.9 (ml/mb) was detected on Sunday, 19 kilometers (12 miles) from Orcopampa in Peru. The 4.9-magnitude earthquake has occurred at 09:38:15 / 9:38 am (local time epicenter). A tsunami warning has not been issued (Does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist). Id of earthquake: us100040bu. Event ids that are associated: us100040bu. Exact location of earthquake, -72.2389° West, -15.4146° South, depth 109.43 km. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 109.43 km (68 miles). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/11/15 / 2015-11-22 14:38:15 / November 22, 2015 @ 2:38 pm.
Closest city/cities or villages, with min 5000 pop, to hypocenter/epicentrum was Lluta, Orcopampa. Epicenter of the earthquake was 71 km (44 miles) from Lluta (c. 6 000 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Orcopampa (c. 5 600 pop). Close country/countries, Peru (c. 29 907 000 pop) (That might be effected).
Earthquakes 4.0 to 5.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. There are an estimated 13,000 light quakes in the world each year. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days two and in the last 365 days nineteen earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.
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Were you asleep? Was it difficult to stand and/or walk? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your city, home and country. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 19 km SSE of Orcopampa, Peru.
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